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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Jerome's hobby?
2. What surprises Cal most about Desdemona's appearance when he sees her for the first time since returning home?
3. What do the police detectives tell Tessie and Milton is the best thing for them to do to help find Callie?
4. What does Desdemona confess to Cal?
5. What is Callie's first step in her physical transformation into a boy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Dr. Luce's office.
2. Describe the dynamics of Zoe's and Father Mike's relationship.
3. What do all of the women working at Sixty-Niners have in common?
4. Why does Cal decide not to go to Milton's funeral?
5. How do Milton and Chapter Eleven attempt to "bury the hatchet" when Chapter Eleven returns home to support his parents following Callie's disappearance?
6. What does Desdemona reveal to Cal when he returns home?
7. Describe the series of drivers who pick Cal/Callie up while s/he is hitch hiking.
8. Describe Zora Khyber.
9. Compare Milton's and Tessie's thoughts about Cal's hermaphroditism after she disappears
10. How does Milton react to his impending death after running his car off of the bridge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Middlesex looks at the relationship between gender and physical sex (i.e. male or female body parts and hormones). Discuss what the novel says about:
1) the relationship between the two. Are they always the same or different? Why?
2) what influences gender? Is physical sex the only thing that determines gender? What else influences gender?
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas. Then comment on the novel's view points. Do you agree or disagree with what the novel says about the relationship between gender and physical sex? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the events that lead Calliope to decide to live her life as Cal. Then comment on his/her decision. Did s/he make the right decision? Why or why not? What would you have done if you were in the same situation?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Middlesex, the setting of the story changes several times. Select one of the settings of the story: Turkey in the early 1900's, Detroit in the 1920's, Detroit/Grosse Point in the 1960's or Berlin in modern day.
1) Describe what happens in the story while the story is set in location and time period
2) Discuss the influence of the setting (place and time) on the story
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
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